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in reply to a message by Hola123
I don't like it mainly because it sounds like "imaging." So it seems vaguely superficial or vain?
I think maybe there is some confusion about how it's pronounced, too. It just hasn't been heard enough.
It also sounds like a name for an institution or corporation selling some kind of genetic technology. I googled it and there is such a thing as Innogen Pharma.
And because it sounds snobbish/stuckup & sheltered to me. I do not know where I got that association but it might just come from the Shakespeare and the sound-similarity to imaging and innocent.
I think maybe there is some confusion about how it's pronounced, too. It just hasn't been heard enough.
It also sounds like a name for an institution or corporation selling some kind of genetic technology. I googled it and there is such a thing as Innogen Pharma.
And because it sounds snobbish/stuckup & sheltered to me. I do not know where I got that association but it might just come from the Shakespeare and the sound-similarity to imaging and innocent.
This message was edited 5/23/2013, 5:28 PM
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I think Imogen is lovely, very endearing. Not sure why it hasn't caught on, but in a land where the -aydyn's rule, I suppose we shouldn't be surprised..
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When I first came across the name a couple years ago, I assumed that it was pronounced uh-MO-gen, with a hard g, so I agree that there is likely some confusion about the pronunciation. I guess that's because the name is practically unheard of over here, and I don't understand why.
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